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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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